Jon Kortazar Uriarte (Mundaka, 1955) is a multidisciplinary intellectual who develops his activity in multiple areas, from his work as a Professor of Basque Literature at the UPV-EHU or as a Visiting Professor at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, to his published collaborations in different mass media. The Galician PEN Club granted him the 2008 Rosalía de Castro Award for his published essays, and in 2009 he received the Lauaxeta Prize offered by the Diputación de Bizkaia as recognition of his whole work. He was also a Patron of the Biblioteca Nacional and Vicepresident of Eusko Ikaskuntza - Sociedad de Estudios Vascos (2005-2008).
Jon Kortazar is the author of several studies on Basque Literature, such as Euskal Literatura XX. mendean (1990-2003), Teoría y práctica poética de Esteban Urkiaga, Lauaxeta (1986), Luma eta lurra (1997), La pluma y la tierra (1999) or La narrativa vasca, hoy. Una mirada desde la postmodernidad (2003). His works have being translated into languages such as German, English, Catalan, Galician or Russian. He is also a frequent collaborator in several Basque journals, such as Deia, El Correo, El País or the cultural magazine Babelia.
ABSTRACT:
"Kirmen Uribe’s Novel and Identity in Complex Societies"
["La novela de Kirmen Uribe y la identidad en sociedades complejas"]
This presentation aims at analyzing some of the key aspects of Kirmen Uribe’s novel Bilbao-New York-Bilbao (2008). We will show how national identity is questioned through the creation of political transversalities or personal relations which supersede political positions, and which may be understood in the context of post-national identity.
Este trabajo pretende analizar algunos rasgos presentes en la novela Bilbao-New York-Bilbao (2008) de Kirmen Uribe. En ella puede observarse que la identidad nacional se pone en cuestión a través de líneas de transversalidad política o de relación personal por encima de posiciones políticas que pueden ser entendidas en el marco de la identidad postnacional.
Esta apresentação pretende analisar alguns dos aspectos fundamentais do romance Bilbao-New York-Bilbao (2008) [Os dois amigos] de Kirmen Uribe. Neste romance, podemos observar como a identidade nacional se põe em questão através de linhas de transversalidade política ou de relacionamento pessoal acima de posições políticas, o que pode ser entendido no marco de uma identidade pós-nacional.
Jon Kortazar is the author of several studies on Basque Literature, such as Euskal Literatura XX. mendean (1990-2003), Teoría y práctica poética de Esteban Urkiaga, Lauaxeta (1986), Luma eta lurra (1997), La pluma y la tierra (1999) or La narrativa vasca, hoy. Una mirada desde la postmodernidad (2003). His works have being translated into languages such as German, English, Catalan, Galician or Russian. He is also a frequent collaborator in several Basque journals, such as Deia, El Correo, El País or the cultural magazine Babelia.
ABSTRACT:
"Kirmen Uribe’s Novel and Identity in Complex Societies"
["La novela de Kirmen Uribe y la identidad en sociedades complejas"]
This presentation aims at analyzing some of the key aspects of Kirmen Uribe’s novel Bilbao-New York-Bilbao (2008). We will show how national identity is questioned through the creation of political transversalities or personal relations which supersede political positions, and which may be understood in the context of post-national identity.
Este trabajo pretende analizar algunos rasgos presentes en la novela Bilbao-New York-Bilbao (2008) de Kirmen Uribe. En ella puede observarse que la identidad nacional se pone en cuestión a través de líneas de transversalidad política o de relación personal por encima de posiciones políticas que pueden ser entendidas en el marco de la identidad postnacional.
Esta apresentação pretende analisar alguns dos aspectos fundamentais do romance Bilbao-New York-Bilbao (2008) [Os dois amigos] de Kirmen Uribe. Neste romance, podemos observar como a identidade nacional se põe em questão através de linhas de transversalidade política ou de relacionamento pessoal acima de posições políticas, o que pode ser entendido no marco de uma identidade pós-nacional.